INDIAN LAND – It’s almost time for Indian Land’s fourth annual Fall into Fun festival.

The event, sponsored by Indian Land Rotary Club and Carolina Gateway newspaper, will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Indian Land Middle School, 8361 Charlotte Highway. This is the festival’s second year at the school. There is no admission charge.

“This year’s festival is rain or shine, so we’re praying for a sunny day,” said Jane Alford, editor of Carolina Gateway and co-chairwoman of the event.

A Lancaster man has been charged with assault and battery with intent to kill after a woman told deputies that she was beaten at Andrew Jackson State Park.

Deputies responded to Springs Memorial Hospital about 1:50 a.m. Sept. 3 and spoke to a woman there, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report. The woman said she was visiting Michael Bruce Hayes, 50, at his home at the Andrew Jackson State Park campground.

Hayes and the woman argued because the woman had spoken to another man on the phone, the report said.

GREAT FALLS – Get ready for the annual Great Falls Cultural and Heritage Celebration, a focus on cultural heritage, history and the natural resources of Great Falls, a community situated on the banks of the Catawba River.

Performances, art exhibits and demonstrations, reptile and animal exhibits, children’s activities, kayak tours, hay rides, nature hikes, food, service agency and consumer information booths are all part of the Great Falls Cultural and Heritage Celebration.

He believed in being prepared, always keeping a backpack full of supplies he could grab whenever he needed it.

Those who knew the Lancaster resident well remember him for this preparedness as well as his hard-working attitude. And days following his death, those are just some of the many qualities long-time friends talk about.

Weisner, who was an Eagle Scout and former local Boy Scouts leader, died Sept. 2. He was 71.

VAN WYCK – It’s taken several months and plenty of legwork, but Margaret Smith is looking forward to having a way to serve her community.

And she owes it all to the nightly news.

Earlier this year, while watching “NBC Nightly News,” Smith, a Van Wyck resident, was fascinated with a segment called “Making a Difference,” which focused on Jacob Massaquoi II, a Liberian who had escaped torture in his homeland by seeking political asylum in the United States.